Soba u ruskom stilu - uticaj kulture ruskih emigranata na početke formiranja Zbirke ikona Seklić

Abstract

Ovaj rad je zamišljen kao pokušaj da se sagleda uticaj ruskih emigranata kao dobrih poznavaoca antikviteta na formiranje Zbirke ikona Sekulić. Zbirka ikona Sekulić predstavlja jednu od najznačajnijih beogradskih kolekcija ikona. Ikone i druge umetničke predmete prikupljali su arhitekta Milan Sekulić i njegova supruga Pava punih 40 godina. Kolekcionarstvo je jedan fenomen koji se takođe znatno razvijao pod uticajem ruskih emigranata, međutim tom pojavom se na ovom prostoru manje bavilo. Analizom do sada nepublikovane građe iz dokumentacije Zbirke za likovnu i muzičku umetnost do 1950. godine iz Muzeja grada Beograda težiće se rasvetljavanju upliva ruskih emigranata na oblikovanje javnog i privatnogukusa u kulturi međuratnog perioda u Jugoslaviji, što je imalo odjeka na opremanje i prezentaciju kolekcije u porodičnom domu Sekulićevih. Soba u ruskom stilu, uređena u duhu tradicionalnih ruskih enterijera, u kojoj se nalaze mahom ruske ikone, reprezentativan je primer takvih uticaja.

This paper was composed as an attempt to uncover the influence of the Russian immigrants, known as reliable connoisseurs of antiques, on the formation of the Sekulić Collection of Icons. This collection represents one of the most significant collections of icons in Belgrade. The icons, among other pieces of art, were collected by the architect Milan Sekulić and his wife Pava over 40 years. Art collecting is a phenomenon that was significantly developed under the influence of the Russian immigrants, but this topic was never fully researched. The practice of art collecting is always a reflection of a general taste of the society. The aim to analyse the unpublished material from the Collection of Fine Arts and Music before 1950 of the Belgrade City Museum will shed some light on the influence of Russian immigrants on the formation of public and private tastes in arts and culture in Yugoslavia, between WW1 and WW2, which also affected their preparation and presentation in the Sekulić family residence. The revival of national thought caused the Byzantine art to become the appropriate expression of the Serbian ethnicity roots, thus functioning as a medium of a collective self representation in the period between the two global wars. Serbian culture owes a significant part of this process to Russian culture. Due to this influence, Milan Sekulić decorated one of the main chambers in his residence following traditional Russian interior design and adorning it mainly with Russian icons dating from the 18th and 19th centuries that evoked the spirit of the Russian culture.